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With all the predictions, it appears that Bitcoin may truly be getting ready for a long rally. Flagship cryptocurrency Bitcoin could climb as high as $100,000 by the end of next year, according to Standard Chartered. If that level is reached, it would mark a 270% surge from Monday’s level of just over $27,000 that CoinMarketCap data shows. According to Standard Chartered‘s report, the so-called “crypto winter” is over, and from all indications, Bitcoin is set to go on a gaining...

Federal law enforcement agents have managed to take back as much as $24K from crypto scammers who had allegedly stolen the money from a resident of the Metro East area of Illinois. At the time of writing, no criminal evidence has been made public, and the agents have not made any arrests. Illinois Woman Is 75 Percent Victorious Crypto scams have become rather prominent in recent years, and with time, they just get bigger and bigger. Court records regarding the present...

Bitcoin is doing well as of late, and many analysts – including former Coinbase chief technology officer Balaji Srinivasan – believe the currency is going to hit unprecedented levels within the next few months. Balaji Srinivasan Is a Big Bitcoin Believer In a recent interview, Srinivasan said that hyperinflation could cause bitcoin to hit a price of about $1 million per unit. The clincher? He thinks this could happen as early as June of this year. For that to occur,...

The banking sector is burning up as of late, and the situation is allowing bitcoin to surge like crazy. At the time of this writing, bitcoin has moved beyond the $28,000 per unit mark, the highest it’s been since June of 2022. Bitcoin Rose Beyond $28K The news is crazy in that 2023, in many ways, is turning into another version of 2019. As we all remember during that year, bitcoin incurred a certain degree of healing following the heavy blows and wounds it experienced in...

The Grayscale Investments Bitcoin Trust has seen its shares jump heavily in price over the last few weeks as its court case against the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) appears to move more heavily in its favor. Grayscale Heats Up Its Fight Against the SEC Grayscale is currently at war with the SEC. The latter agency has done all it can over the last six years to penalize crypto companies that don’t move in tandem with its narrative. The goal was initially to...

Silicon Valley Bank is in the process of filing bankruptcy, bringing back rough memories of the FTX debacle five months ago. However, the effects appear to be the opposite of what they were back in November. During that time, bitcoin and its altcoin cousins fell to new lows, whereas this time around, bitcoin and several of its counterparts appear to be surging like crazy. Silicon Valley Dips While BTC Rises At the time of writing, BTC – the world’s number one...

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford has sworn to protect all residents of his state from crypto scams, and he’s putting out notices to everyone to tell them what they can do to avoid becoming victims. Aaron Ford Vows to Protect People of His State In a recent statement, Ford commented: The safety of Nevada consumers is a top priority at my office. As technology becomes an increasingly integral part of our lives, scams involving digital currency are becoming more...

Chip Mixer – a notorious crypto tool designed to hide where digital currencies have been garnered or who they’re being used by – has been shut down by authorities with the Department of Justice (DOJ). At the time of writing, it is believed the tool allowed cyberthieves and assorted criminals to launder as much as $3 billion in illicit digital funds. Chip Mixer Is No More The DOJ also put out a statement claiming to have shuttered two sites associated with Chip Mixer...

Roughly 3,000 people in Africa have adopted bitcoin in recent weeks and months. The big clincher? Many of these people don’t have access to the internet, and bitcoin is “internet money.” In other words, if you don’t have access to the World Wide Web, then you likely can’t access your digital wallet, exchanges, or other trading tools that will grant you the power to trade, sell, and buy crypto. Africa Sure Loves Its Crypto The tool behind all this is called Machankura....

Senators in the U.S. say if Congress is going to get serious about establishing crypto regulations, they need to be bipartisan. This means both democrats and republicans need to agree on how the rules should play out and what they should accomplish. Congress Needs to Find Common Ground Over the last six years, one can easily say that both sides of the political spectrum have been at war with each other. It’s an ugly sight, in many ways. Both democrats and republicans are...